It might disappoint some to learn that Ian Eagle never sat down his son, Noah, for a heart-to-heart talk about broadcasting. There wasn’t a moment when Ian bequeathed the family microphone or handed down his book of broadcasting to Noah.
That isn’t to say Ian, the renowned basketball and football broadcaster for CBS, TNT and YES, didn’t impart his wisdom to Noah. He just let his son find his own path. And when Noah was around 13 years old, he foresaw that path to be in broadcasting.
